2022 mini-budget discussion

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Slam62 said:
Of course they do, I was a young confident graduate half way through the Maggie years, she soon put paid to that, from that point on my priority became financial security try to minimise the amount you owe to anyone, if you owe them they own you and there's nothing you can do.

Maggie was like a whirlwind through the British economy so much unemployment, selling of national assets and oil money, all for a couple of pence off income tax as long as the city grew.
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Someone in or near their 60s not giving a damn about the future of the UK, colour me surprised.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Here we go, the true blue Zimmer brigade telling us it was worse in their day.
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music from that time communicates the sentiment of the generation - jam, Smiths, specials, Joy division ... adversity the mother of invention ... versus relationship angst themes we have today.

Truss still hasn't addressed any national energy saving strategies like De ... everyone has a plan until the lights go out
 
Lol, when I was a kid we did have actual power cuts, oh bugger

Yes we lived in a shoe box on the m1, but we laughed
 
Slam62 said:
Nothing, nada, zilch, unemployment is effectively zero, the problem for employers is getting staff, not getting rid of them.

Yeah the energy crisis blah blah, but the nanny state is bailing everyone out. Tout ca change.
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Oh yeah, people need three jobs to pay for their basic amenities. Everything is a-ok.

Slam62 said:
If my pension vapourizes I'll have to something terrible, get a job.
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But there aren't any? And you're old and old of touch. Nobody will hire you.
 
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Rai200 said:
Oh yeah, people need three jobs to pay for their your basic amenities. Everything is a-ok.



But there aren't any? And you're old and old of touch. Nobody will hire you.
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Maybe I have special skills maybe in an area that will always be required

Or maybe I don't
 
Slam62 said:
Maybe I have special skills maybe in an area that will always be required

Or maybe I don't
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Unless you're "Léon" or somethign incredibly niche like a signpainter your special skills are irrelevant, industries move on and you're behind everyone else that hasn't retired. Why would anyone hire you when you're 2-5 years behind all the other candidates?
 
Rai200 said:
Unless you're "Léon" or somethign incredibly niche like a signpainter your special skills are irrelevant, industries move on and you're behind everyone else that hasn't retired. Why would anyone hire you when you're 2-5 years behind all the other candidates?
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Lol signpainter, what other candidates?
But I would literally do whatever I had to do.
 
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Kwasi Kwarteng: We stopped consumer spending collapse

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng says he will stick to his tax cut plan despite days of market turmoil.
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said his mini-budget was needed to stop a collapse in consumer spending, despite it sparking days of market turmoil.
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Tax cuts are right plan for economy, says Liz Truss

The prime minister insists her plans will boost long-term growth, despite resulting market turmoil.
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Liz Truss has insisted tax cuts outlined in the mini-budget are the "right plan", despite market turmoil since they were announced last week.
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Rai200 said:
Unless you're "Léon" or somethign incredibly niche like a signpainter your special skills are irrelevant, industries move on and you're behind everyone else that hasn't retired. Why would anyone hire you when you're 2-5 years behind all the other candidates?
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He doesn't strike me as the person I'd want to employ and/or work with, either. (To put it nicely..)
 
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